Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Booker! He is in his lovely pumpkin costume. I thought I would post a few pictures so you could see how happy he is in it. Jeff loves the costume too. Booker is very excited to answer the door tomorrow night in his costume. He will try to scare the kids, but I don't know if that is possible!

He is laying on my hand in this one... telling me to take it off!!

Looking like he really hates it now!!

New Furniture!!

So now that I know that I have some following, I guess I can post a few more things!! So below I am posting pictures of our new furniture.. Now that I have most of it, I can put some pics on here....

Here is the couch and loveseat with the cocktail leather ottoman.

Over in the corner is the chair with the crazy print.. I was worried about it, but it turned out great and it's my favorite part of the room.. Notice the cute dog and husband on the right! They are my favorite too:)

Now moving on to the bedroom furniture.. which I also love. It's so great to have the king size bed now.. Mom spotted the coverlett.

The dresser...

The other dresser.. and of course we double it as the TV stand......

Lack of posts

Ok so I haven't posted anything in ages.. I promise I will post pictures of the new furniture soon! I need to get some new Booker pics on here too..

Redecorating!! Part 2

Since we now have the Kitchen and Hallway painted, I thought I would post some pictures of our new kitchen color! It's quite a bit different from the 2 tone orange that was in there before. I am getting used to it finally and it will make a big difference when I find things for the walls!!

I will post more pictures when our new furniture comes in!! Finally after 2 years we will have some furniture!!!

Redecorating!!

At the McDaniel house these days we are doing lots of work!! We have just bought new living room and bedroom furniture! So after that we knew that it was time to paint before it was delivered. Instead of taking the 4 months that it took us to do the basement, we decided to hire it done. What a great feeling that is. Monday I came home from work and the bedroom was done and Tuesday my surprise was the living room!! It's raining a little in Lawrence right now so I am hoping for the Kitchen today!! Cross your fingers. Below are some pictures of the bedroom.. we don't have the new furniture yet.. but just imagine it with a King size bed!

I will update with progress on other roooms as soon as they are done!

Sugery :*(

Booker had his first major surgery yesterday! He is doing better today and is ready to play but he isn't supposed to play for 7 days. During his neuter they went ahead and took out some baby teeth that the doctor didn't think were going to fall out on their own, so he is in a little more pain than usual. The poor little guy has to be cooped up all day with no toys because his teeth will not heal if he chews on them. I am sure he will be ready to go in no time, I can't wait till he feels better. It's much more fun when he is happy.

Another part of the surgery was the IV... which unfortunately goes in his front leg and they have to shave his hair there. So the picture above you can see the arrow on his left front let where they shaved him. He looks like a poodle on that one leg. It will grow back one of these days. But it ruined his pretty haircut!!

Easter Weekend

Our family spent the weekend down at the lake for Easter. It was the first time all of the dogs were in the same house for a couple of days! It was too cold to do much outside, but we all managed to stay warm. We took a walk on Saturday and had Easter dinner on Sunday. Nothing much but relaxing, we all can't wait to go when it's warm though. Here is are a couple of pictures from the weekend.

Booker and Wally relaxing together after playing all morning and afternoon!

Morgan and I holding the puppies for an Easter Bunny picture! You can't even see Booker!!

It was a fun weekend. We headed to Indy afterwards to hang out with Jeff's parents. They just got a brand new Boston Terrier and she is tiny compared to Booker. Jeff's sister's puppy was there too. Zoe (Jeff's mom's) and Diego loved playing with Booker, but Booker was 3 times their size. I will post pictures of them the next time I take pictures of them. I didn't get any pictures on Sunday!

Booker is losing his teeth!

So Booker has now started to lose his teeth. I haven't found any around the house, but they are gone. His new teeth are growing in, which is good since his baby teeth were very sharp!! The only problem I am having is that his top two front teeth aren't falling out. The new ones are coming in and the old ones are wiggly, but not coming out. Jeff keeps laughing at me because I am trying to play with him to get them to come out! HOpefully he won't have 4 teeth instead of 2 front teeth.

I don't have any pictures of this because he won't sit still long enough to take a picture and that might be kind of weird anyways!

We all can't wait for next weekend at the lake so that all 4 dogs in the family will be able to get together and play! It should be interesting. Too bad it's a little too cold for them to go swimming. Wally will be the only one that is probably not too chicken.

Booker Before his haircut

So this is in reverse order but here are some pictures of Booker before his haircut! He looks completely different now! It almost looks like he was sad because his hair was soo long!!

Booker's First Haircut!!

Today at lunch Arie took Booker to his first haircut! She took him by her office to meet all of her co-workers first, which he loved, and then off to the Groomer. I was a little bit worried about how it would go since he is kind of little, but they said he did great and was a brave little guy. He also seemed like he was a favorite around there office since 3 of the people at their office were giving him kisses and telling him goodbye. They told me that they didn't want to give him back. Apparently the owners of Christal K-9 have had a few Mini Schnauzers in their day and really have a love for them! Here are some pictures of his new haircut. I think he probably lost a pound in hair!!





Look how cute I am standing there!!


Hey Dad would you please give me that treat and quit taking pictures of me!!



My sit is super HANDSOME!!

Booker's Favorite Place to Hang Out

Ever since we got Booker he has had a favorite place to be. His favorite place happens to be under the bed. Not just our bed, but any bed in the house! He sometimes plays under the bed or just lays under the skirt of the bed! Here he is after Wally left laying under the bed snoozing!

Wally came to visit!!

This post is also a bit late by a couple of weeks! But the weekend of my Birthday Wally, Nick and Morgan came to visit us. It was a fun visit for the two cousins to get to know each other and wear each other out! Wally was about double the size of Booker and their birthday's are only 4 days apart. Amazing how puppies can grow so fast. Here are some of the pictures of them getting to know each other and learning to have fun together!

Look at Wally's cute face!!! I can't wait to visit him soon in Arkansas!

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!

So this post is a few weeks late, but I thought I would post anyways! This past year during the Kansas Jayhawk basketball season, Jeff and I have been lucky enough to go to many home games! It has been a blast since neither of us had been to that many games since we were students. So I thought I would post some pictures of our last home games this year! We got to go with my Mom and Dad so it was a fun one! We rolled all over Nebraska at this particular game.

Booker Hungry

This is our morning routine with Booker when he is hungry. We realize that it's not the best routine to have since he is barking at us, but it's funny while he is little. He knows exactly when his meal times are!!

Booker in the Snow

Today we were out in the backyard and Booker was running around in the snow! I didn't get the best shots of him playing, but here is a little tidbit of the little Booger. Like I said before he loves it outside. He is going to be a hunter just like Bogey!

Playing in the Snow!!

Today we got home from work early and it was snowing pretty hard! This is the 2nd snow this week, earlier in the week we had 2 inches of snow and now an inch and a half. So little Booker is pretty much wading in the soft stuff. He likes to get it in his beard and all over himself before he comes inside. He was shivering in the cold and I was still dragging him back in the house! He loved it. I can already tell he is going to love being outside. He will LOVE the lake!!

Here he attacking the lavendar plant thinking it's a toy!!

Booker loves to try and go after the neighbors! He was getting in his stance to try to make a gettaway over to the kid's shoveling the driveway. He loves people and wants to meet everyone he sees.

Ohhhh my butt is cold because I have snow all over it!!

Booker Met his Aunt and Uncle

This weekend my parents came up to visit and see the new puppy! They brought their two Mini Schnauzers and all of them had a fun weekend of playing. Bogey of course is a little younger and a better sport about playing so he and Booker wrestled the day away. With Bailey being a little older she has less of a tolerance for a new baby! She wanted him to tug on the toys and Booker doesn't quite have the hang of that yet. He likes to tackle and be tackled. Here are some pictures

Here is an almost complete Family pictures.. we just need to insert Wally!

Bogey and Booker - "Hey who made that noise in the kitchen?"

Bailey - "Mom, protect me, what was that?"

Man, I am beat after playing with them all weekend.. I need some rest!

Booker Loves His Dog Walker!!

Jeff and I are fortunate enough to have Arie to walk Booker over lunch! He would be in a world of hurt if he didn't get to go outside over lunch. He loves it when Arie comes over to play!

KU Game Day at the McDaniel House

Booker is already starting to love the Jayhawks! He is ready for Big Monday tonight. He will be barking them along tonight!!

Booker McDaniel

Since the Wedding we were busy with the lake and other weddings in the Family! Now that things have settled down a little bit, we decided we needed a dog this Spring. After seeing the picture a black male Minianture Schnauzer, we had to go look a little early! So this past Saturday we brought Booker home for good. He is a playful and smart little dog. He is doing great at home and has his own personal dog walker! "Dog walking by Arie" does a great job with Booker and we love her help alot!! Booker will become a great addition to our family and can't wait to meet his Aunt and Uncle Bailey, Bogey and his cousin Wally!